No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.

The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only.

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

Wonderful Force of Public Opinion! We must act and walk in all points as it prescribes; follow the traffic it bids us, realize the sum of money, the degree of influence it expects of us, or we shall be lightly esteemed; certain mouthfuls of articulate wind will be blown at us, and this what mortal courage can front?

The graceful minuet-dance of fancy must give place to the toilsome, thorny pilgrimage of understanding. On the transition from the age of romance to that of science.

No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve.